Non-refillable bottle.



S. E. KINNAN.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18.1913.

1,149,068. Patented Aug. 3,1915. I

Wifnaooeo COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (20., WASHINGTON. D. c.

SIMEON' E. KINNAN, OF LAKE HELEN, FLORIDA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Application filed October 18, 1913. Serial No. 796,029.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON E. KINNAn, a citizen of the United States,residingat Lake Helen, in the county of Volusia and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N on-RefillableBottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles of that type in whichit is necessary to break the closure from the bottle neck beforedispensing the contents.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a plurality ofclosures which are associated with the bottle neck, said closures beinginterlocked and rigidly engaged with the bottle neck for performing thedesired function.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claims forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View ofthe device constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is across sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is across sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of thisinvention in order to illustrate the application thereof a portion of abottle '5 is provided which'has issuing from the upper end thereof aneck 6. Upon reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings it is obvious that thebottle and the neck are of the ordinary construction, the neck 6 beingprovided adjacent the upper end thereof with an annular recess 7Arranged in the bottle neck 6 subjacent the annular recess 7 is anordinary stopper 8 which may be made of any suitable material preferablycork in view of its inexpensive nature and durability, the upper end ofsaid stopper engaging with a plate 9. The inner terminal of the plate 9is arranged subjacent the inner terminal of a plate 10, the latter beingidentical in configuration with the plate 9. Upon reference to Fig. 2 ofthe drawings it will be seen that the plates 9 and 10 have the edges 11thereof preferably of an arcuate configuration conforming to the contourof the annular recess 7 while the opposite edge of each plate has asemicircular portion cutaway as indicated at 12. As above stated theplate 9 lies in engagement with the upper end of the stopper, having thearcuate edge 11 thereof engaging in the annular recess 7, while one endof the plate 10 lies in engagement with the plate 9 so as to provide anopening 13 as advantageously illustrated in Fig. 3.

In order to lock the stopper 8 in the neck 6 which is done through themedium of the plates 9 and 10, I have provided a corkscrew 14 which ispreferably formed from a single strand of wire, said wire beinghelically wound and having the convolutions thereof tapering toward theloody of the bottle, the extreme end 15 thereof being tapered to a pointso as to facilitate the entrance thereof into the cork or stopper 8. Theupper end of the cork-screw 14: is bent so as to provide a substantiallyannular ring 16 at the upper end thereof, said ring being provided witha semi-circular depressed portion 17 therein which has ongagement. witha locking element 18, the

6 element in the present instance comprising a single strand of springwire the opposite ends of which-are slightly beveled for a purpose whichwill subsequently appear.

Engaging over the bottle neck 6is a closure or cap 19 which ispreferably formed of glass and is of an elongated cylindrical shape, oneend thereof being open and the opposite end thereof being substantiallyround, as indicated at 20, and closed. The open end as is obviousengages over the bottle neck while the upper or arcuate end 20 thereofnormally lies in spaced relation to the annular ring 16. The cap 19 isprovided approximately midway the ends thereof with an annular beveledrecess 21 adapted for engagement with the beveled ends of the lockingelement 18.

In operation the cork 8 is engaged in the bottle neck till the upper endthereof lies flush with the lower portion of the annular recess 7 Theplates 9 and 10 are then engaged in the annular recess 7 thesemicircular cut-out portions 12 thereof being partially alined so as toprovide an opening 13. The pointed end 15 of the cork-screw 14 is theninserted in the opening 13, and pressure exerted on the annular ring 16so as to force the cork-screw into the stopper 8 and incidentally expandthe plates 9 and 10 until the arcuate faces 11 thereof are snuglyengaged in theannularrecess 7 in which instance a portion of thecork-screw will lie in engagement with the plate 10, so as to positivelyprevent any movement of the plates. After this operation the lockingelement or spring wire 18 is then engaged in the semicircular depressedportion 17, and the cap 19 engaged over the bottle neck the innerperiphery thereofsnugly engaging with'the outer periphery of said bottleneck, and the annular beveled recess 21 thereof lying slightly above'theplane of the bottle neckand in engagement with the ends of the springwire 18.

When it is-desired' to dispense the contents of the bottle the cap 19 isfirst broken through" the medium of any suitable instrument, therebyallowing access to be'gained to 'the' circular ring 16 so as to allowthe cork-screw to be withdrawn from the cork 8, at least a portionof theway therefrom until the plates 9 and 10 can be readily re moved fromengagement in the annular recess 7. As soon as the plates 9 and 10 areremoved pressure is exerted on the corkscrew 14: causing the cork 8 tobe with drawnfrom its'engagement with the bottle neck.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the generaland preferred embodiment of myinvention and that various minor changes in details'of construction,proportion and arrangement of the parts mayf be made within the scope ofthe appended claims and without sacrificing any of the'advantages of' myinvention,

Copies of this patent ma be' obtained for Having thus'fully described myinvention what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent 1'.In combination with a bottle having a neck and an annular recess in saidneck, a

stopper in said neck, a pair of plates each a of said plates having asemicircular portion thereof cut-away, a tapering cork-screw adapted forengagement in the cut-out portions of said plates for snugly engagingthe same in'said annular recess, a locking ele- 'ment associated withthe upperend of said cork-screw for association with the locking meansto move the latter into said annular groove and adapted for engagementin the closure, to prevent accidental displacement of the locking means,the latter being disengageable upon a partial removal of the corkscrewsimulating means, whereby the closure may be removed from the neck byexerting pressure upon said cork-screw simu lating means. a

In testlmony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

SIMEON E. KIN NAN.

Witnesses:

' HENRY ANDERSON, A. H. SMITH;

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G. l I I

